MSSSP-80-2008BronzeGate,Globe,Angle,andCheckValvesStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,NEVienna,Virginia22180Phone:(703)281-6613Fax:(703)281-6671E-mailinfo@mss.hq.orgwww.mss-hq.orgCopyrightMSSProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithMSSNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^""~:""~:$:@@:"#:$@"""^^#"@:~~"^~:^^::*#^#$\\MSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-80iThisMSSStandardPracticewasdevelopedundertheconsensusoftheMSSTechnicalCommittee203andtheMSSCoordinatingCommittee.ThecontentofthisStandardPracticeistheresultoftheeffortsofcompetentandconcernedvolunteerstoprovideaneffective,clear,andnon-exclusivespecificationthatwillbenefittheindustryasawhole.ThisMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexC.)U.S.customaryunitsinthisSParethestandard;themetricunitsareforreferenceonly.Thisdocumenthasbeensubstantiallyrevisedfromtheprevious2003edition.Itissuggestedthatiftheuserisinterestedinknowingwhatchangeshavebeenmade,thatdirectpage-by-pagecomparisonshouldbemadeofthisdocumentwiththepreviousedition.AnypartofthisStandardPracticemaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread`ExtractedfromMSSSP-80,2008withpermissionofthepublisher,theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.'ReproductionprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustryInc.OriginallyApprovedNovember,1974Copyright©,2003byManufacturersStandardizationSocietyofth...